Empowering Women Since 1881

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Past LAF-Supported Cases

In 1981, AAUW members in Ithaca, New York, helped support five Cornell University women faculty members’ sex discrimination lawsuits. Their effort made such a big difference that AAUW decided to launch the Legal Advocacy Fund (LAF) case support program to help even more people.

Since 1981, LAF has disbursed nearly 2 million dollars to more than 100 plaintiffs. Prior to 2009, LAF only supported cases in academia, but now LAF supports select cases in any workplace. Almost all of the funds disbursed through case support come from AAUW members’ generous donations to the case support program.